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Culburra Beach, commonly referred to as Culburra is in the Shoalhaven city of New South Wales, Australia. It is 10 km east of Nowra on the South Coast. The town has a population of approximately 3,500 and is the regional centre for the coastal villages of Currarong, Callala Beach, Callala Bay and Orient Point.

Culburra is a beautiful seaside town with the peaceful streets and lovely eating out area, such as the bowling club with fine Australian and may other foods or you can get fish and chips and head down to the beach. Culburra Beach is a popular holiday town and fishing spot as well as supporting a local industry in oysters, shrimp, and prawns. It has two surf beaches, Culburra Beach and Warrain Beach. The town is flanked by the Crookhaven River to the north and west, and Lake Wollumboola to the south.

A man fishing at Culburra Beach.

Originally called Wheelers point after the first landholder George Wheeler, the name was changed to Culburra in 1916 after an aboriginal word meaning "sand", and later to Culburra Beach.

Culburra Beach was a place of interest for Australia's capital (Canberra) but the site was not choosen and thats why most of the streets in Culburra are round like Canberra. Much of Culburra Beach's land was bought by Henry F. Halloran who thought that Culburra was going to be Canberra, But his plan backfired and had a lot of land and not much to do with it.

Postal services were firsty provided from Warrain Beach Post Office, which was renamed Culburra Beach in 1970.

The area's first school was the Roseby Park Aboriginal School which opened in 1903. It became a public school in 1906 and remained that way until it closed in 1964. Culburra children had to attend Pyree Public School until its closure in August 1976, and the following month saw the opening of Culburra public school.